[NTLUG:Discuss] Stupid spam question

[Kipton Moravec]

I have heard about it.  The idea is to try to fool Spam killing programs 
that the message is a real message and not an advertisement.

I have read the latest Spam killing programs uses Baysian Decision Theory 
to help decide what is Spam or not.  Based on the words used and the 
context a score is generated.  Advertisements get a high score, text like a 
story paragraph gets a low score.  What they are trying to do is lower the 
score by averaging the two parts to get below the threshold of what should 
be called SPAM and thrown out.

I do not know the specifics on SpamAssassin to know if it will fool it or not.

Kip

At 09:53 AM 3/26/04, you wrote:
>This may sound stupid, but lately I've been getting a lot of spam with a
>bunch of words just in random order at the bottom.  Or a quote of some
>story paragraph or book paragraph that doesn't appear to have anything
>at all to do with the content of the spam.
>
>What's the point of that?  Is it supposed to confuse programs like
>Spamassassin?  Will Spamassassin have any problems dealing with that
>type of message?
>
>Wayne
>
>
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